Spin Cycle--Waiting

I am a waiter.  I have waited for lots of things--most recently for summer to come.  It might finally be here, but don't tell Mother Nature, she'll take it away.
Why does waiting for something make it take longer to get here?   The more you anticipate something the longer it takes to actually get here.  Then you seem to rush through the fun times and start waiting all over again.
Turbo has been going through the agony of waiting recently--for the end of school, his birthday, camping trips, Christmas, really any fun holiday, and waiting for video games.  Looking at it, he gets to wait for all the good stuff.
You never wait for a doctor's appointment, at least not the same way you wait for Christmas.  Oh you get to wait--in the waiting room, the exam room, for the doctor.  But that's not the same kind of waiting.
I know what the difference is.  It's anticipation.  The wanting of what you are waiting for.  Very few want to go to the doctor.  But just about everyone waits with much anticipation for Christmas.
Anticipation makes waiting excruciating, or livable depending on the level.  It's interesting because Bruiser waits for us to come home each day and that is his world.  Turbo waits for the next fun activity on his horizon--that's his world.  I wait for the weekend and for the small trips out of town we take.  It all depends on what you long to do, or anticipate doing.
This post is part of the Spin Cycle--after much waiting Jen of Sprite's Keeper brought it back. I'm glad I was patient, but the anticipation of it's return was long and very worth it.